How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008?

DQ1 Regulation and the Greater Good

After viewing The Crisis of Credit Visualized (Links to an external site.) video, respond to each of the following:

How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008?

Discuss whether too much governmental regulation of business or too little governmental regulation of business presents the greater danger to:

the greater good

business

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner. Some ways to do this include the following, though you may choose a different approach, providing your response is substantive:

Agree or disagree with other students’ positions. Defend your position by using information from the week’s readings.

DQ2 Administrative Law and Business

Some argue that government needs to increase its regulation of business for the good of society as a whole. Others believe that the marketplace is self-regulating and that government intervention through needless regulation places an unfair, costly burden on businesses in general and on small businesses in par­ticular. What role do you believe government regulation should play to ensure ethical conduct by businesses? How do different political viewpoints potentially shape the answer to this question?

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner. Some ways to do this include the following, though you may choose a different approach, providing your response is substantive:

Agree or disagree with your classmate’s position. Defend your position by using information from the week’s readings or examples from current events.